Social Classes

Due to globalization processes, foreign language skills, knowledge about other countries and intercultural competences have increasingly become imp...

Elite Discourse examines how language and communication or just discourse define, mediate and legitimize class privilege. It does so from the per...

This book outlines the history of squatting in Sweden and analyzes the conditions under which squatting has intensified and declined in the country...

Inequality is one of the most discussed topics of our times. Yet, we still do not know how to tackle the issue effectively. The book argues that th...

In this comprehensive volume, authors from across the social sciences explore how housing wealth transfers have impacted the integration of familie...

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the trait and functionalist theories of the professions and instead presents an alternativ...

Nothing really matters. All the things that we do not do, have or become in our lives can be important in shaping self-identity. From jobs turned d...

This title was first published in 2002: The trade union movement in twentieth-century Britain has been a cornerstone for societys marginalized memb...

First published in 1969, this book presents a one-volume anthology of Charles Booths Life and Labour of the People in London, the classic early stu...

First published in 1998, this volume asks: are new social classes in the making in eastern Europe? Are class issues withering away? How do differen...

First published in 1999, this volume examines the meanings specific child protection cases involving the familial sexual abuse of adolescent girls ...

First published in 1998, this volume contains an edited selection of papers presented at the Fifth International Research Seminar on Issues in Soci...

Focusing on the working-class experience of gentrification, this book re-examines the enduring relationship between class and the urban. Class is s...

First published in 1934, the majority of this book was developed just prior to the Nazi seizure of power, with additional material which reflects o...

This title was first published in 2003. A fascinating insight into the economic, social and political processes that shaped the lives of white work...

This title was first published in 2002: Advancing the understanding of a transition society, this book presents an in-depth analysis of social stru...

Exploring the British Indian model minority discourse, this book is the first empirical and theoretical examination of high achieving British India...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of caste in contemporary India. With contributions from scholars like Valerian Rodrigues, B.B. Mohanty,...

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class especially discussion of the working class to a broad audience across schola...

Economic and political uncertainty has brought the language of class especially discussion of the working class to a broad audience across schola...

Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of contemporary American right-wing extremism. Accessible to both professional and lay a...

How a new woke elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and statuswithout helping the marginalized and disadvantagedSociety has...

After Pinochet's dictatorship ended in Chile in 1990, the country experienced a rapid decline in poverty along with a quickly growing economy. As a...

This book examines social patterns in 2,000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020. While mass shootings are often described...

Makris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrific...

'Fascinating' Spectator'Entertaining' Sunday Times'Enthralling' Guardian'Beautiful, funny and moving' Daily Mail'Compelling and moving' Observer'Re...

In this book, the authors present a new kind of interdisciplinary pedagogy that brings together antipoverty grassroots activism and relevant social...

Summertime on Rhode Islands luxurious Aquidneck Island.A middle-class Cuban Americanfreshly graduated from collegereckons with his fragile standing...

What part has organized labour played in the history of modern Britain? To what extent has British society been shaped by working class organizatio...

First published in 1982, Augustan England provides ample substance to reinforce the thesis that the years from 1680 to 1730 mark the most decisive ...

Despite a mass expansion of the higher education sector in the UK since the 1960s, young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds r...

Despite a mass expansion of the higher education sector in the UK since the 1960s, young people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds r...

The concept of Afropessimism does not refer to Black people, but rather to the likelihood of white society overcoming its own negrophobia, and to a...

In this important collection, eminent education scholars and practitioners remind us that our nations system of free universal public education is ...

This introductory text provides a clear, readable description of critical theory research and how to use it in educational settings. Critical theor...

Is the American dream that exists for the middle class equally available to the working class? Using extensive interviews with parents and a variet...

Who and what are behind the attacks on Critical Race Theory (CRT)? Why are attacks on the teaching of racism happening now and what can be done abo...

This insightful book examines the differences in the perception of social status and how they impact youth mental health and well-being. Looking at...

This insightful book examines the differences in the perception of social status and how they impact youth mental health and well-being. Looking at...

Representations of southern poor whites have long shifted between romanticization and demonization. At worst, poor southern whites are aligned with...

A comprehensive analysis of stratification in rural Sri Lanka, taking into account the hierarchies of class, status and power.

This book is about the convergence of trends in two American institutions the economy and the criminal justice system. The American economy has ra...

Named one of the Best Summer Books in Economics by the Financial TimesA groundbreaking look at the hidden role of bankruptcy in perpetuating inequa...

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse reve...